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Theater Review: 50 Shades — the Musical Parody
A raunchy show where the laughs never stop.
By Seth Peterson
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, straz center, 50 shades musical parody
Stomp and circumstance
Passionate flamenco and a solid cast give voice to the oppressed in freeFall’s Bernarda Alba.
By Julie Garisto
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, Sarah McAvoy, Michael John LaChuisa, Meghan Moroney, Laura Hodos, Kelly Pekar, Julie Garisto, Georgia Mallory Guy, freeFall Theatre Company, Federico GarcÃa Lorca, Byrne Aquino, Bernarda Alba, Bela Jennifer, Alison Burns
This Nothing’s really something
Much to praise in Jobsite Theater’s Bard redo, Much Ado About Nothing.
By Mark E. Leib
Tags: Local Arts, William Shakespeare, theater review, Roxanne Fay, play, Ned Averill-Snell, Much Ado About Nothing, Matt Lunsford, Mark E. Leib, Katrina Stevenson, Jonathan Cho, jobsite theater, David Jenkins, betty-jane parks
Unanswered Questions
Andrea Caban’s Questions My Mother Can’t Answer revels in revelations but might leave you guessing.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, The Kingfishers, Straz Center Shimberg Playhouse, Richard Feynman, Questions My Mother Can’t Answer, Mark E. Leib, Andrea Caban
O Mother, where art thou?
MOMologues 2: Off to School is a fun sendup of the travails of motherhood.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, Stefanie Cloutier, Stageworks, Sheila Eppolito, Rosemary Orlando, MOMologues 2: Off to School, Mark E. Leib, Lisa Rafferty, karla hartley, Jenny Bond, Gi Sung, Ericka Womack-Brown
Check, please!
An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand Boeuf remains lacking until the final course.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, Roxanne Fay, Patrick Ryan Sullivan, natalie symons, Matt McGee, Mark E. Leib, Greyson Lewis, Greg Bierce, freeFall theatre, Eric Davis, Chris Crawford, An Empty Plate at the Café du Grand Boeuf
Glass Menagerie is a delicate imbalance
Tampa Rep’s revival may glisten, but Tennessee Williams fans will be a tougher crowd.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams, Tampa Rep, Mike and Kathy Buck, Mark E. Leib, Maggie Mularz, John Gennari, HCC Ybor Performing Arts Building, Emilia Sargent, C. David Frankel, Amanda Bearss
Roxanne Fay shines in The Year of Magical Thinking
Bob Devin Jones directs Studio@620's eloquent, anguished production.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, The Year of Magical Thinking, Studio@620, Roxanne Fay, Mark E. Leib, Lester Leib, Joan Didion, dali museum, Bob Devin Jones
Jeffrey is aging gracefully
Twenty years after its premiere, Paul Rudnick’s play is still a daring and original comedy.
Tags: Local Arts, Zackhary Myers, theater review, The Hat Trick Theatre, straz center, Paul Rudnick, Mark E. Leib, Keith Odums, Jon Gennari, Jeffrey, Gi Sung, Daniel Rosenstrauch, Anthony Vito, AIDS
Welcome to the Doll's House
Ibsen's old parlor game of woman's identity vs. societal perceptions is still being played today.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, Mark E. Leib, Lauren L. Wood, Katherine Michelle Tanner, John Woodson, Henrik Ibsen, Christopher Swan, American Stage, A Doll’s House
Gorey Stories is deliciously dark
Jobsite’s second take on Gorey captures the author’s twisted whimsy.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, Summer Bohnenkamp, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Spencer Meyers, Michael C. McGreevy, Katrina Stevenson, Julie Garisto, jobsite theater, Jason Evans, Gorey Stories, Edward Horey, David Jenkins, Amy E. Gray
Wit is beyond words
Life’s brevity is the soul of Wit, and American Stage conveys its brilliance.
Tags: Local Arts, Wit, theater review, St. Petersburg, scott cooper, Palladium Theatre, Mark E. Leib, Lulu Picart, Kim Crow, Joe Parra, American Stage
Date night
Tampa Rep’s second season takes flight with Phoenix, a rom-com-dram for the stage.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, Scott Organ, Phoenix, Mark E. Leib, Jon Gennari, HCC-Ybor Performing Arts Building, HCC Ybor Performing Arts Bldg., Georgia Mallory Guy, Connie LaMarca-Frankel
Many shades of black
The Colored Museum gives us a prismatic view into the cultural identities of African-Americans in America.
Tags: Local Arts, Tia Jemison, theater review, The Colored Museum, Stageworks, Ronn Bobb-Semple, Robert Richards, Mark E. Leib, Kibwe Dorsey, karla hartley, Joshua Goff, Gloria Bailey, George C. Wolfe, Anna Brennen
A meeting of the minds
American Stage brings us Dalí and Freud in the surreally and certifiably entertaining Hysteria.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, Terry Johnson, Stacy Fischer, Sigmund Freud, Salvador DalÃ, Pete Clapsis, Michael Edwards, Mark E. Leib, Justin Campbell, John R. Malinowski, Hysteria, American Stage, Adrin Erra Puente
Sounding the alarm
Nearly 60 years old, Fahrenheit 451 couldn’t be more relevant.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, Shimberg Playhouse at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Ray Bradbury, Nicole Jeannine Smith, Ned Averill-Snell, Mark E. Leib, Katrina Stevenson, Katie Castonguay, Jon Gennari, jobsite theater, giles davies, Fahrenheit 451, David Jenkins, Daniel Rosenstrauch, Dana Kovar, Chris Jackson, Brian Smallheer, Beth Tepe-Robertson
Congratulations, Joe, you’re simply hilarious
Meg Heimstead and Ricky Wayne shine in A Simple Theatre's latest.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, Sam Arnold, Ricky Wayne, Meg Heimstead, Mark E. Leib, Lee Irby, Kendall McGuire, Jessica Thonen, Gavin Hawk, Eddie McNally, Congratulations, Joe, comedy, A Simple Theatre
Looking forward to Future Tense
Promising young playwright Gianfranco Settecasi impresses in the present.
Tags: Local Arts, ybor city, theater review, Silver Meteor Gallery, Sean Collins, Molly Dillon, Mark E. Leib, Gianfranco Settecasi, Future Tense, Carolyn Emery
Lost in translation
You might need an interpreter to enjoy The Foreigner.
Tags: Local Arts, Tom Hansen, theater review, The Foreigner, Roman Black, natalie symons, Matt Chiorini, Mark E. Leib, Larry Shue, Greyson Lewis, Elizabeth Dimon, Dan Matisa, Chris Crawford, American Stage
Chapel Perilous: Tempest in a C cup
The language is ripe but the vision is limited in this new Job-side project.
Tags: Local Arts, theater review, straz center, Paul McColgan, Ninja Bitch Lady Assassins, Mark E. Leib, Katie Castonguay, Jessy Quinones, Jaime Giangrande-Holcom, Christen Petitt Hailey, Chris Holcom, Chapel Perilous, Caroline Jett, Brian Smallheer, A Jobsite Theater Job-Side production
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